Li Ruhai and Guan Donglai were both happy and helpless at the same time. The two of them led the army and swept through the area like a hot knife through butter. They really did have the demeanor of a strong army. It was a pity that their bullets had been used up hunting along the way. It felt a little like they were not doing their job properly.
However, seeing that the soldiers below were in high spirits and morale despite being a little tired from the march, they accepted their new title of ambassador.
Fortunately, it was already night time when they took down this place. No one dared to go out in the middle of the night, so they almost caught them all in one fell swoop and did not leak the news. As for the possibility of the garrison sending a telegram, that did not exist.
The brigade commander repeatedly considered the gains and losses. He felt that if he resisted, it would be time for him to die. He was not ready yet, so he surrendered. He had no choice. At that time, there were so many small steel cannons outside that it was shocking. Moreover, he had long heard that the cannons of the People's Army were even more powerful. It was too far and too dark to see, but he did not have the courage to try.
According to the plan, he would leave a brigade behind to defend the city. At the same time, he would reorganize the 5,000 captives of this brigade. Including the regiment and prisoners left behind by Ordos, the brigade would have more than 15,000 people. It was estimated that the military system would soon be expanded again.
The army stayed for two days to deal with the aftermath. There were many businesses here. Fortunately, the people's army had a good reputation and everyone supported the people's army in occupying this place. They all knew that the people's army had fought with the Beiyang army over the trade route. In the future, they would be under the rule of the people's army, so they would probably be able to get their protection!
Following that, the People's Army continued to attack Guisui (now Hohhotte), where Suiyuan was located.
The current commander of Suiyuan was Cai Chengxun, who was previously the commander of the 7th Southern Army. Although he did not bring all of them over, he still had three divisions after taking over Suiyuan. He had yet to receive news that Baotou had been conquered, so he was still very relaxed as his lieutenant.
Unfortunately, the People's Spear Army had arrived at Gui Sui City, and he only reacted now. Although they had all retreated in time, they had to retreat now.
"Damn Tan Lianjin, that bastard. I put him in a bun to eat and drink, but he didn't even react and let the other party kill him. What a f * cking good-for-nothing!”
"Lieutenant, don't scold us. Now that the other party's troops are already at the city gates, we only have about 20,000 people.”
"Yes, yes! How are we going to fight now that there is a huge disparity in strength?”
"We can't fight them head-on. This division of the people's army has more than 20,000 people.”
"I'm basically a cavalryman. Only a few of them have guns, and most of them are equipped with sabers.”
His subordinates were all burning with anxiety. In the current situation, they could only fight to the death with them, surrender, or think of another way. However, who among them could give up such a rich life of high officials and high salaries? Without the soldiers in their hands, what were they?
"Alright, stop yelling. Has the distress telegram been sent?”Cai Chengxun was very impatient with these people's confusion, although the other party was indeed very powerful.
As a lieutenant of a province, he was very clear about the situation of the battle between the Beiyang army and the people's army not long ago. The people's army had defeated nearly 60,000 Beiyang soldiers head-on! If it were not for the city walls, he would probably have been wiped out.
"It has been sent out. The central government wants us to resist for seven days.”
Cai Chengxun immediately started scolding and beating him. You can come and collect my corpse in seven days. Moreover, where could they mobilize their troops? Chahar only had tens of thousands of Tian Zhongyu's men, and Xu Shuzheng had taken away half of them. What other forces could he mobilize? Could it be Yan Laoxi?"
The generals were also speechless. Sigh, there's no one who can save us now. We'd better think of something ourselves!
Although Cai Chengxun wanted to resist, no one was on the same side as him. A few of his generals were thinking of a way out!
However, unexpectedly, the People's Army only surrounded Gui Sui and did not attack. Therefore, the two sides confronted each other for several days.
The people of the Lieutenant's Mansion did not know what the People's Army was up to. Could it be that they were waiting for the follow-up troops? That shouldn't be the case. With the current military strength, it shouldn't be a problem to completely take down Gui Sui. However, if they didn't want to fight, then so be it. What if their reinforcements arrived?
As for the People's Army, after the 30,000-strong army arrived at Gui Sui, they began to build fortifications and surrounded Gui Sui.
Li Ruhai and Guan Donglai spent the entire day inspecting the construction of the fortifications, and at the same time, stabilizing the morale of the army. Everyone had gotten used to the smooth battle before, but now that they were suddenly not allowed to fight, they were not used to it.
"How is it, Old Li? Has there been any news from the headquarters?”When Guan Donglai returned to the command center, he saw Li Ruhai looking at some documents and asked casually.
Li Ruhai waved the telegram in his hand and said calmly,""Yes, I'm here. Beiyang urgently transferred two divisions from Zhili and also asked Yan Laoxi to send two divisions in the direction of Datong. It was said that there were also troops from the Feng Army that were transferred over, but it was not completely confirmed.”
Guan Donglai took it and looked at it. It was indeed the case. If that was the case, there would be at least 50,000 reinforcements. Including the people in the city, there would be more than 70,000 people!
"Haha, they have more or less figured out our strength these few days. It seems that they are very confident in dealing with us, hahaha…
"Hmph, it's good that you're here. I've wanted to make a move for a long time. Now, we can catch them all in one fell swoop. Here, take a look at this!"
"What is this? Hmm? Haha…I thought the young marshal would stay in Xi'an peacefully. Ah, no, it was low-key. The young marshal said it was low-key. He thought that the young commander would continue to keep a low profile. He didn't expect that the young commander would move like lightning!”
Li Ruhai chuckled." Heh, in the past, the Major wanted to keep a low profile, but who asked him to be too bright and outstanding? Those people couldn't stand it anymore. Now, the young commander might as well go along with them and make the matter bigger. In my opinion, maybe one day we can enter the capital to play!”
Guan Donglai agreed." That's good! We've lived in big cities before, but we don't know how the capital is like. We can go and take a look!”
While the two of them were chatting and laughing, the outside world was already in chaos!
The movement of the people's army was quickly known by Beiyang, and they quickly mobilized troops from other places to support them. He didn't want to support them, but it would be disappointing!
When they finally found out that the people's army only had 30,000 men under Gui Sui City, they quickly transferred two divisions from Zhili, two divisions from Yan Laoxi, and one division from Rehe. Due to the support of the foreign powers, they had sufficient firearms and artillery. They were confident that they could compete with the 30,000 people's army.
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